Comments on: News 2/17/10

By: CDiff

CDiff — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:35:27 +0000

RE: Globes…Yes, and Reploge would have been happy to give a tour of the globe factory as a get-away from the just awful HIMSS experience you described in Chicago…along the way you could have stopped into a couple burger and dog dives on Roosevelt Road that take grease to a whole new level of biohazard…these find their reason for being in the staff and patients just around the corner from the huge VA and Loyola campuses that are easily seen from outer space…
http://www.replogleglobes.com/

[From Mr. HIStalk] I should say, in the interest of fairness, that I thought HIMSS in Chicago was OK given the weather and the cost. It would be my least favorite HIMSS city of all I’ve been to (all of them since 1998 or so) but it wasn’t really all that bad. I never like the opening receptions — to much noise and effort just to wait in line for a couple of free drinks (from an ROI standpoint, it fails for me).

By: Suzie, RN

Suzie, RN — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:38:22 +0000

Zippy in reports about Racine All Saints, the news states: “Also noted as a key issue: the 2009 introduction of an EMR system, which the doctors complain wasn’t well supported.” I heard that before and frequently. Gee, I heard that that hospital has McKesson’s EMR. You may omit that last sentence if not true.

[From Mr. HIStalk] I interpreted that comment as being critical of the hospital’s local support of the medical staff, not the vendor’s support of the hospital.

By: yerbo

yerbo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:26:27 +0000

Czechoslovakia no longer exists!

[From Mr. HIStalk] It does in my mind, apparently (see: typical American with minimal geographic intelligence). Corrected. I wonder if constantly changing countries are good or bad for makers of globes? Or does anyone buy globes anyway knowing they are obsolete almost instantly?

By: spunky

spunky — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:36:57 +0000

I thought Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children was in DE?

[From Inga] My mistake. The press release actually didn’t say where the hospital was. Maryland is actually where the vendor is located.

By: Neighborhood Pogo Stick Champion

Neighborhood Pogo Stick Champion — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:57:34 +0000

I love my Pogo Stylus. Women with nails of any length need one of these. I keep a couple in my handbag as spares. And the handy clip attachment rocks.